Daily Briefing, March 19

It’s not often the CEO of a Fortune 500 company is compared to a vacuum cleaner, but Mark Zuckerberg had that experience, thanks to this photo.

It’s not often the CEO of a Fortune 500 company is compared to a vacuum cleaner, but Mark Zuckerberg had that experience, thanks to this photo.

Photo: FACEBOOK, AFP/Getty Images

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It’s not often the CEO of a Fortune 500 company is compared to a vacuum cleaner, but Mark Zuckerberg had that experience, thanks to this photo.

It’s not often the CEO of a Fortune 500 company is compared to a vacuum cleaner, but Mark Zuckerberg had that experience, thanks to this photo.

Photo: FACEBOOK, AFP/Getty Images

Daily Briefing, March 19

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Tesla 2.0

New York City has seen the future, and it apparently looks a lot like Tesla. As the New York Post reported, the Palo Alto company plans to have 105 charging stations in Manhattan by the end of the month — compared with about 40 gas stations. The Post said the stations can provide a full charge in about four hours, and will be free to Tesla owners.

Making changes

Bob Linscheid, the president and chief executive officer of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce for more than three years, has resigned for family reasons, according to sources within the organization. According to the chamber’s website, Linscheid previously served as managing director of Innovate North State, which helped to boost the Chico region.

Huh?

A photo of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg jogging Friday morning in downtown Beijing’s notorious smog has prompted a torrent of amusing comments and some mockery on Chinese social media. Journalist and avid runner Peng Yuanwen joked that Zuckerberg’s lungs had single-handedly filtered Beijing’s smog after the city’s air quality noticeably improved by early afternoon: “The human-flesh smog vacuum is better when it’s American-made.”

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